The muslin came together last night. Front looks good. Back not so much. Which is strange considering I would have sewn the CB seam and the darts should be the same distance away. BUT, I think this may be a case that since I took away from the sides seams to compensate for the cut on fold back, the existing dart placement would be a little closer to the side seams than in muslin #2, which would look strange. Having difficulty 'looking at my back' I'll have to ask husband to check or take a photo of both muslins to see what's wrong.
With the HBL drawn in, the waist seems lower than it should be too. Have to take photos and post.
On the embroider front. Pulled out the MC11K SE. Based on the shop's recommendations, the best way to learn how to use the embroidery machine is to just USE it. So picked the same embroider pattern and stitched it out twice, once just hooping the muslin and then gluing another muslin scrap on top (called 'fabric sample'). The second one I hooped thick stabilizer and then glued the muslin scrap again on top ('stabilizer sample'). I baste stitched both samples.
There was some thread jumping, but overall turned out okay. On close inspection, the fabric sample did show more tendency to 'tunnel' for some areas. The stabilizer sample did not show as much buckling. Although the buckling around the pattern almost looks like quilt 'embossing'. I'm not sure if I should do this, but I slowly snipped out the stabilizer leaving just small pieces.
I wonder what other people do with samples. Maybe I'll be able to use it as an applique for a pillow case or something. Something else to research.
By the way, read somewhere that some have had success using glue sticks instead of using spray adhesive to stick fabric on top of the stabilizer. I tried it with the Basting Glue I bought from Creative Feet when they were in town at the Del Mar Quilt Show last year. Seemed to work very well. The glue is water soluble and does not gum up sewing needles, so no worries.
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